James Williams on BBC Radio 4 – How the 'attention economy' is undermining politics

James Williams on BBC Radio 4 – How the ‘attention economy’ is undermining politics

5 June 2017

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35-year-old James Williams, a doctoral candidate researching design ethics at Oxford University, was announced recently as the inaugural winner of the US$100,000 Nine Dots Prize. Up against competition from over 700 other entrants from around the world, Williams’ 3,000-word answer to the set question ‘Are digital technologies making politics impossible?’ was deemed the most original and innovative by the ten-strong Board of leading academics, journalists and thinkers. Listen to his interview on BBC Radio 4 Today and visit the programme's website for more information.